Rail-fastener



A. N. .MENSER.

RAIL FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. 1921.

1,378,366. Patented y 17 1921.

N. ME/vsm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT N. MENSER, OF JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF '10 JOSEPH MOORE, OF JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-FASTENER.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 17, 1921.

Application filed. February 24, 1921. Serial No. 447,440.

tain new and useful Improvements in Rail-' Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to rail fasteners, and has for an object the production of a device of simple construction which will effectively hold the rail on the tie.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fastener, the inherent construction of which enables it to be connected directly to the tie thereby eliminating possibility of lateral thrust of the rail even though the rail spikes should be displaced.

The above and other objects of this invention will be in part described and in part understood from the following description of the present preferred embodiment of the invention taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a device constructed in accordance with this invention illustrating its application.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the rail, illustrating the applica tion of my invention.

.Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fas-' tener per 86. V

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow, and

Fig. 5 is a'plan view of the fastener in blank.

In the drawings in order to illustrate the application of this invention, portions of ties are shown which have mounted thereon a portion of a standard type of rail. The

rail is provided with base fianges8 of-the' tener may be first stamped from a sheet of metal in a manner well known in the art.

After the blank 9 has been stamped, the

- tooth 10 is bent downwardly at right angles and has the terminal thereof bent inwardly so as to lie parallel with the body of the blank as shown to advantage in Fig. 3. The

body of the blank, beyond the incision 11, is pressed upwardly so as to lie at an angle complementing thelbase flange 8 of the rail.

In use of this device, after the rail has been placed on the tie, one of the fasteners is engaged with the tie at one side of the rail, and another fastener engaged with the tie at the opposite side of the rail. The fasteners are engaged by first driving the teeth 10 into the lateral faces of the tie, after which spikes 13' are driven through apertures 14 formed in the blanks. Preferably, the plates are arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, which show the tooth of one plate engaged with one of the lateral faces of the tie and the tooth of the other plate engaged with the opposite face of the sametie; In this way, a more positive purchase of the plate will be effectwill overlap the bodies of the blanks and also the base flanges 8.

Various changes may be made in this invention especially in the construction of the plates and their manner of application to the ties and rails. Various other changes may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is: v a

1. In combination with a rail and tie, a

' rail fastener including a plate engaged with the top of the tie which has a portion thereof arched upwardly to embrace the base flange of the rail, a portion of one terminal of the plate being extended and tapered to a point for fiexure over the top of the tie and penetration in the side of the latter.

2. In combination with a rail and tie, a rail fastener including a pair of plates, a portion of each of which is engaged with and extends completely across the top of the tie and embraces the base flange of the rail,

both plates having portions thereof embedded in the lateral faces of the tie.

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